Red Mutiny

Perfectly good account of the Potemkin mutiny, probably the book available in English (of recent vintage) on the incident. I must admit that I always have reservations about authors without Russian, or other languages, who also seem to be unaware of the vast literature in the scholarly journals, who......more

this was the first battle in which non westerns has beaten western country this was the battle in which the Indian Author Pankaj Mishra has started his book The ruins of empire for the mesmerizing effect it had on non western people psyche i wish all readers to read this book and further read how non......more

I did a study-abroad program in Saint Petersburg when I was in college and, much later in life, I flew repeatedly over the Black Sea in an old Soviet UN helicopter; so I understand not only the Russian Navy's place in history, but the beauty of this particular setting. I think Neal Bascomb has been......more